2023-03-22 11:36
Image source: Pinterest (no date) Pinterest. Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/search/pins/ (Accessed: 22 March 2023).What I like about the image above is that it has texture to… Read More
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2023-03-22 11:03
One of this year’s predicted design trends is anti-branding, which uses monochromatic colour schemes and stripped back design.(Envato,2022) More brands are choosing to use handwritten… Read More
2023-03-19 16:00
At the moment I have been experimenting with doing physical drawings and then colouring digitally. The illustrator I am colouring at the moment is an original comic book character I came up… Read More
2023-03-12 16:00
Strengths
Branding and logo design becaus I am starting to see some of the issuess in my work and I have gained more experince this year.
Asking for advice on work I think that this ye… Read More
2023-03-12 16:00
The archetype quiz was based on the CG Jung concept of 12 common archetypes. For the self category my highest percentage was the joker archetype which was 71.5%. The joker likes to look at c… Read More
2023-03-05 16:00
I found the module involved a bit of time management because there were three briefs I was working on. The module meant I got to work on different styles of brief which is helpful for becomi… Read More
2023-02-26 16:00
I got advice from a freelancer designer on Linkedin called Fraser on the best way to get clients. His advice was beneficial and one piece of that I had not heard before was to do work for a… Read More
2023-02-19 16:00
On Friday Samrita came into our class and discussed developing a career plan. At the moment I don’t have a plan, but I have 3 roots I am looking at: apprenticeships, working at an agen… Read More
2023-02-19 16:00
The skill or skills I would like to learn are filming and video editing so that I can create advert concepts. The skills I would need to develop are learning Premier pro or Davinci resolve b… Read More
2023-02-19 16:00
I currently have a basic cv but I am loooking to update it. Below I have added examples I like.
What I like about the cv above is its minimalistic but effective nature. Having the differ… Read More
2023-02-12 16:00
I did well in this module and learned a lot about designing a website but also how to code. Also I think my one-page website was effective because it was not cluttered and was a tutorial on… Read More
2023-02-12 16:00
I think I did all right with this module but I am not the best at writing essays because sometimes I misspell words. I learned how technology in design is changing because of advancements in… Read More
2023-02-12 16:00
The module went well and my final cereal box designs were professional and interesting. What I learned about was dieline templates and how to use them. Also I learned how to use Adobe substa… Read More
2023-02-05 16:00
At the end of this year I am looking to work at a any local design agency. I would like to work for a branding agency that works on brand identities. Many jobs want experience or knowledge… Read More
2023-01-29 16:00
I have had my own branding for a while now I first designed some concepts in January of 2022. Below is some of my concepts.
I initially tried to make part of the w be the I but it was not… Read More
2023-01-22 16:00
Last week I did a little bit of 3D practice but could have done more and I did not really do any drawing. But I did experiment with Premier Pro and added stock sound effects to video clips… Read More
2023-01-22 16:00
I think the end of last year and the start of this year have been where I have learned to not try to do many tasks at once. Which has helped me to focus on the goals I set for myself. Also… Read More
2023-01-15 16:00
Last week I managed to complete all of my aim the only area I didn’t look into was filming videos. But I did experiment with putting clips togther in Premier pro.
My first aim for t… Read More
2023-01-01 16:00
Last week I managed to do some After effects practice and now I know the basics to make text effects and animations. Also I added some basic Javascript to my website for college. Managed to… Read More
2022-12-25 16:00
One aim is to make some more progress on my essay for college and make sure it is clear.
My second aim is to practice After effects and try to keep on improving.
A third aims is to ex… Read More
2022-12-18 16:00
Last week I magaed to complete all my aims and I made some progress on my website. Also I managed to do some After effects practice and try to get good at motion graphics. As well I made a m… Read More
2022-12-18 16:00
I only currently used one social media plaform not inculding Youtube which is Facebook. One of the brands I follow is nike because I like to see what new products or aderts they release an… Read More
2022-12-11 16:00
I think Gurmit’s talk was interesting because he talked about how the design world is changing by having ai tools like mid-journey. Also he talked about creating outside of uni, which… Read More
2022-11-27 17:20
I did followed the cinematic mood tutorial on Nucly which is by Rikard Rodin and I think the tutorial was very imformative. Rikard takes you trough how to add elements to an image and layer… Read More
2022-11-20 17:00
I think I could have found more time to achieve last week’s aims but I think I did look into some of the aims. Last week I managed to do some of the Google garage course and After effe… Read More
2022-11-20 16:00
My favourite designer is Nevile Brody because he has a wide range of projects he has worked on and I had to research him for some of my college work. Nevile brody is a designer who was born… Read More
2022-11-13 19:08
Last week I managed to complete all of my aims that I set and I am happy how my designs turned out. I managed to make mock-ups in Adobe substance stager and make a basic box net design.
A… Read More
2022-11-06 17:53
I think last week I could have got more done but out of my goals I managed to make the ingridents and nutrition list one of my designs which I can tranfer to the other designs.
My first a… Read More
2022-10-30 17:09
I think I managed to complete most of my goals for last week the only task I didn’t manage to do was add ingridents and nutrional information to my cereal box front of boxes.
One… Read More
2022-10-23 17:01
I think manage completd my aims from last week I started a Google garage course on marketing to gain more knowledge about marketing. Also I refined my cereal box mascot and refined my logo… Read More
2022-10-23 16:47
What has gone well this half term is that I think I have got better at coming up with ideas for designs and writing down my thoughts on my work. Also, I think I am getting better at tracking… Read More
2022-10-16 19:30
From the goal I set last week I think that I managed to to get most of what I wanted done. The only tasks I still need to start are coming up with the cereal box designs and deciding on wha… Read More
2022-10-09 19:01
My first aim for the upcoming week is to to start digitising my initial logo ideas for the current module at college. Then my second aim for the week is to decide on what the cereal box for… Read More
2022-10-06 13:47
Out of the skills listed I have some knowledge of photo editing and do not really know anything about video editing. I could learn video editing by learning about the key concepts and… Read More
2022-09-25 18:40
After doing the government and careers quiz my top 3 job sectors were Business, Law and wellbeing.But none of my results were in the creative industry but a career quiz is not what you base… Read More
2022-08-12 10:57
To start this project i did a few rough concepts to see what I could come up with.
These are my sketches I think I could have done more but some times when you have too many concept i… Read More
2022-08-03 10:19
At the begging of this project I gathered inspiration for the logo by making mood boards that contained solicitor logos and different styles of fonts. I originally wanted to use a logo mark… Read More
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